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Historic Earthquake
2000 New Ireland Earthquakes
16 November 2000 · New Ireland, Duke of York · Papua New Guinea
On 16 November 2000 at 04:54 UTC, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea (New Ireland, Duke of York), at a depth of 17 km. It occurred on the South Bismarck Plate, 20 km from its boundary with the North Bismarck Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 2 people.
- Date
- 16 November 2000
- Time
- 04:54 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.0
- Depth
- 17 km
- Deaths
- 2
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (3.0 m wave)
- Plate
- South Bismarck Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Nearest Volcano
- Tavui (17 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2016New Britain New Ireland · M 7.9
- 20002000 New Ireland Earthquakes · M 7.8
- 20002000 New Ireland Earthquakes · M 7.8
- 1971Bismarck Sea Rabaul · M 8.1
- 19711971 Solomon Islands Earthquakes · M 7.93 deaths
- 1968New Ireland · M 7.8
- 1919Solomon Islands · M 8.2
- 1916Solomon Islands · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth